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Thursday, February 03, 2005

Thor's day morning, breaking news

The AP reports from Dublin that the Irish Republican Army yesterday, Wednesday, withdrew its offer to disarm. The interpretation by the news press association is that this action "deepens the deadlock." (Hmmmm... strange mix of metaphors. Wouldn't 'strengthen' the deadlock be better?

______There is a belief that the peace process was hampered by the bank heist, and the alleged involvement by the IRA. Accusations had been released to the press by law enforcement authorities in Northern Ireland and England.

______The IRA sternly rejected the criticisms from the law and the governments of England and Ireland that it was committing major crimes. The IRA equally rejects blame for the worsening 'impasse.'

You are the Gender Abolitionist type of feminist. This means that you
feel the best way to destroy patriarchal oppression is to rid ourselves
of misguided gender roles, and instead live in a society that does not
make such marked assumptions about gender differences. The Gender
Abolitionist is culturally radical, but rather conservative when it
comes to sexual liberation and politics. You have a strong sense of
human rights for all. In fact, you are actually a very moral person.
You don't see people in terms of gender and are thus very philosophical
in order to perceive the world in such a manner. You think people
shouldn't identify others in terms of gender. When most people see a
person, the first thing they think is "That person is a woman" or "That
person is a man", but they do NOT think "That person is a
short-fingernail". Most make someone's gender their IDENTITY, but
fingernail length would never be considered part of their identity. A
gender abolitionist would claim gender should be like fingernail
length--it shouldn't be part of someone's identity. By making gender a
part of identity, difference is emphasized and oppression is often
justified. Thus, gender shouldn't be regarded to such a large extent by
society. You are mostly concerned with seeing women become fully
equalized with men by eliminating gender roles, as these roles oppress
women.